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6.6.5
 Occupation: Emperor of China
 Reign (ruled): 221 BCE to 210 BCE
 Born: 259 BCE
 Died: 210 BCE
 Real Name: Prince Zheng
 New Name: Shi Huangdi
 Best Known for: First Emperor of China,
established the Qin Dynasty
 Born during the chaos
 Became king at 13
 Ruled independently by 22 and wanted to end
chaos and unify China
 Started Control with Qin, then set out to conquer
more
 Once took control, declared himself
emperor and changed name.
 Government:
 Divided into government units, provinces,36 of them
 Government positions given by people abilities
 Economy & Writing:
 Unified $ and units of measurements
 One standard of writing for all
 Construction:
 Built roads and canals, using standardize measurement
 Began building Great Wall of China-to protect
“invaders” from the North
 Forced hundreds of
thousands of farmers to leave
their fields to work on the wall.
 Thousands of laborers died
before the project was
completed.
 The finished wall, the Great
Wall of China, was built
mainly on the northern slopes
of mountains, using stone,
sand, and rubble.
 However, Qin did not build
the wall that stands today.
 The Great Wall today consists
of a series of walls and towers
built during the Ming dynasty
beginning in the late 1400s.
 Outlawed most religions
 Stuck with Legalism only
 Book Burning
 Censored ideas that did not work for his ruling
 Scholars
 Killed if they refused to follow Shi Huangdi’s
ideas
 Over 700,000 workers constructed his
tomb
 8,000 soldiers, horses and chariots
created to protect him in the afterlife
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Died while traveling on tour
Second Son was supposed to take
over
Peasant of Qin Dynasty rebelled
and others joined the rebellion
Peasant became new emperor
and called his dynasty, Han
Dynasty
6.6.6
EQ #4: How did the Han Dynasty
strengthen and expand China?
 Liu Bang, (leo-bong)- Rebel
peasant in the Qin Dynasty
founded the Han Dynasty
 Han dynasty lasted from 206
BCE-220 BCE
 During the Han dynasty
there was peace, stability
and success
 The Han Dynasty had a
strong military to help
expand the empire to new
territories.
 Expansion allowed for
international trade with
countries like India, and
Rome.
 The Chinese exported such
goods as silk, spices, and
jade.
 The Chinese imported new
products and ideas including Buddhism
 Much of the trade occurred
locally in small trade
centers throughout Asia
 First time China began to
have contact with people
outside the Great Wall.
 Han Dynasty moved
away from the idea of
Legalism and based their
ruling through the ideas
of Confucianism.
 Government officials
were selected based on
merit and knowledge of
Confucianism.
 Made for more to follow
Confucianism to have a
chance to be a
government official.
 Each Table will be given a social group a. Every student will need to read about their person on the social
pyramid and write down a brief summary of who they are, what do
they do, how do they participate within the trading system, and why
are they an important part to China and The Silk Roads.
 b. Two students will be travelers and Two Students will be talkers, but
again everyone needs to have the information on their group.
 c. Talkers will remain at the table to explain to other travelers who their
social class is and what they do, how are they apart of the trading
system and why they are important to Chinese Society. (Talkers will
have 1 poster-where they will design their social class and draw a
picture of their group to show the travelers)
 d. Travelers will travel to other tables to discuss their findings about their
social class to the talkers in other provinces. They will be explaining
the same thing as the talkers, but they are traveling to explain their
findings. (Travelers will have their own little posters with their information
and picture to show the talkers they travel to)